The Mitchell Van Gerwen Sun Life Atom girls ‘C’ team finished off an undefeated weekend by winning the championship at the Stratford Aces Festival Cup tournament.

Led by Ava Harmer’s two goals and solid goaltending by Alissa Insley, the Meteors defeated their hosts for the second time in the tournament by a score of 2-1 in the final.

The girls opened their six-game weekend schedule on Friday morning downing Upper Maitland, 4-3. Tegan Mace (with two goals), Alayna McKay and Abigayle Van Bakel scored while Haileigh Templeman had two assists. Against West Oxford, looking to avenge a loss earlier in the season, the Meteors built a 5-0 lead after two periods and rolled to a 5-2 win. Templeman and Harmer led the attack with two goals each, and Mace added the other. Van Bakel had three assists and Camryn Medhurst a pair.

Saturday against their hosts, Mitchell narrowing won a tight-checking game 1-0 affair as Macie Russwurm earned the shutout and Zoey Michel was the lone scorer.

The final round robin game against Ilderton, having just defeated them on the road a couple of weeks earlier, would end in a 3-1 win. Ilderton would open the scoring late in the first, but Mitchell would tie it up as Templeman would score the first of her two goals, adding an empty netter in the final minute of play to secure the win. Harmer added a goal and two assists.

After securing the top seed going into Sunday morning’s semi-final, the Meteors again faced Upper Maitland. The Mustangs struck first this time, scoring on a tough angle that bounced off of Russwurm’s pad and in, but answering back quickly was Van Bakel 11-seconds later to tie the game. Harmer would add two goals, including the winner, with McKay adding the other.

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The JP Uniac Insurance Pee Wee ‘B’ girls team went 2-2 in the Stratford Festival Cup Challenge tournament, losing their first game 2-0 to Walkerton and their final game, in overtime, to Ilderton, 3-2, in the semi-finals.

In between they beat Ilderton 4-2 and Twin Centre 2-0.

In their tough loss in the opener, Jordyn Crawford was named Mitchell’s player of the game while Claire McCorkindale earned the honour in their win over Ilderton, opening the scoring 50-seconds into action to get the team’s overall feel for scoring, her first of two for the game. Josephine Jarmuth and Margaret McCarthy also scored.

Player of the game Kora Smith earned the shutout in their narrow win over the Hericanes while Brooklyn Boville and Jarmuth scored in a total team effort despite the stellar goaltending from the opposition.

The semi-final was a re-match with a familiar foe from Ilderton. The Meteors built a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Boville and Andrea Kelly but Ilderton rallied with a pair of goals 39-seconds apart in the final three minutes of the third period, setting the stage for overtime. In the extra period, Ilderton completed the comeback eliminating the locals. Boville was named Mitchell’s player of the game.